Austria has a new conservative government led by the young centre-right leader Sebastian Kurz (OVP), with the far-right Heinz-Christian Strache (FPO) as his vice-chancellor.
This is not the first time such a coalition rules the idyllic Alpine republic.
The last time it happened, in 2000-2005, EU leaders raised both their eyebrows and their voices, trying their best to ostracise a government that they considered dangerous and illegitimate.
This time, wisely enough and with...
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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.